Economy Class & Beyond
SNAPSHOT: Crowne Plaza, Burlingame (near San Francisco Airport)
It’s time for another Snapshot, looking at the hotel experience at the Crowne Plaza Burlingame, near San Francisco International Airport. Booking This hotel was booked on a pre-paid rate from IHG’s site. For the night, it was charged at US$88+tax and fees. Location The Crowne Plaza is near the airport – with it...
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Stack these targeted offers for savings at select Marriott Bonvoy properties (limited tome)
American Express is currently running a couple of offers for savings at select Marriott Bonvoy properties (one offer for consumer cards & one offer for business cards) and it looks like another card issuer has just joined in. The post Stack these targeted offers for savings at select Marriott Bonvoy properties...
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Save 10% on up to $570 of IHG spending with this targeted offer (limited time)
It has been a while since we've seen a targeted credit card offer for IHG stays, and while the one that has now appeared isn't going to set the world alight, the fact that it is useable at any IHG property worldwide should make it an easy offer to use...
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11 reasons to love the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card (most are reasons why I hold it right now)
I hold considerably more credit cards than I can fit into my wallet, so only a few of my cards come with me wherever I am and wherever I go. Some cards have a home in my smartphone wallet but not my actual wallet, and some have to make do...
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Review: Cathay Pacific Lounge Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport
Qatar Airways sends 'Business Lite' passengers with elite status to one of the many 'Miracle' lounges in the airport, but as I knew that Cathay Pacific wouldn't turn me away and would probably offer a considerably better experience, that was the first lounge that I went to (I tried the...
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Amex Membership Rewards transfer partners & transfer times [2024 Edition]
American Express Membership Rewards offers Amex cardholders the opportunity to earn one of the three big transferable currencies in the miles & points world – Membership Rewards points - and these points can be transferred across to a variety of other loyalty programs affiliated to major airlines and hotel chains. The...
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Earn 25,000 bonus Amex points with select ANA bookings [Targeted]
Overnight, American Express has been targeting select cardholders for a new offer which gives them the opportunity to earn 25,000 Membership Rewards points when booking through ANA in the next ~5 weeks. If you value Amex points at a similar price point to me, that represents a potentially fantastic rebate. The...
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Flying Blue February Promo Awards are live (travel through 31 July 2024)
Flying Blue has released its Promo Awards for February which cover travel through 31 July 2024 and as usual, you can now book select Air France and KLM awards with a 25% discount. The post Flying Blue February Promo Awards are live (travel through 31 July 2024) appeared first on Traveling...
Economy Class & Beyond
SNAPSHOT: Premier Inn Dublin Airport, Swords
It’s time for another Snapshot, this time looking at the hotel experience at the Premier Inn near Dublin Airport in Swords, Ireland. Booking The hotel was booked directly with Premier Inn. Two room types were offered – a Premier and a Standard option, with different levels of cancellation options. As I was...
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Review: Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok (a great category 3 property)
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Chase Ultimate Rewards: Transfer partners & transfer times [updated 2024 edition]
Chase Ultimate Rewards offers holders of select Chase credit cards the opportunity to earn one of the four big transferable currencies in the miles & points world – Ultimate Rewards points - and these points can be transferred across to a variety of other loyalty programs affiliated to major airlines...
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SNAPSHOT: AA164 San Francisco International to New York-JFK (Transcontinental Business Class)
Let us move on to another Snapshot – this time focusing on the passenger experience onboard an American Airlines Airbus A321 (Transcontinental Configuration) in Business Class between San Francisco and New York JFK. In case you’ve forgotten how we do travel write-ups on Economy Class and Beyond, we have two major travel writing styles: Trip Reports – These...
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Which credit cards are best for overseas everyday spending?
There are increasingly more and more credit cards that don't charge foreign transaction fees when you use them abroad, and that's a trend that has been very good for those of us who like to travel. But when it comes to general everyday spending when you're outside of the US,...
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Review: Qatar Airways 777-300ER Business Class (non-Qsuite time-travel edition)
The famous Qatar Airways Qsuite is probably the best-known Business Class seat in the world, and it was a seat that was originally introduced on the airline's 777 aircraft a number of years ago. In this article, however, the Qatar Airways 777 that's being reviewed has not had the Qsuite...
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Which credit cards offer Global Entry & TSA PreCheck credits?
Global Entry is the US CBP program that gives members expedited entry into the United States via kiosks stationed at major points of entry and removes the need for passengers to stand in seemingly endless immigration lines as they wait to enter the country. The program currently costs $100 for...
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Make the most of Rakuten’s $30/3,000 Amex points bonus for referrals
Rakuten is one of my favorite cash back sites because it allows users to choose between earning pure cash back or Amex points in place of that cash back, and as we wrote about how you can choose to earn Amex points through Rakuten yesterday, today seems like a good...